Recent content by madmaxnj

Any update on this situation? I'm looking forward to retiring and heading south in a few years and I'm wondering if I'll have issues finding a builder for my next garage. I'm in northern NJ now. I used www.mysheds.com for my current garage. I first ordered a shed from them, very well built...

I'll see if I can get up there this weekend to trim it back. There is a p-trap in the attic by the air handler.

I'll skip the long drawn out back story. The condensate drain line from my house central air drains into my rain gutter. PVC runs from the unit and pokes outside into the gutter. Had some problems with it backing up so I opened up the gutter to take a look (gutter guards are a PITA to open up...

I installed a Mr Cool DIY on Garage Mahal. The DIY kit requires no 'special' tools. You should have flare wrenches for installing the pre-vacuumed lineset, but I just used regular open end wrenches. I coiled the extra lineset outside going to the compressor so there are no low spots for the...

Installed and so far so good. The hardest part was trying to route the lineset through the 3x4 plastic gutter. I should have either 1) cut it lengthwise so I could spread it help move the linset along, or 2) buy the expensive lineset covers. Other than that the install was pretty...

What's the dealy with the nylon tape that comes with it? Does it have a backing? There is zero stick on it at all, and if there is a backing I can't separate it. Thanks

A couple of years ago I built a 24x32 detached garage in north Jersey. Half is 12’ flat ceiling, half is 14’ cathedral ceiling. Entire ceiling is R30 with a metal interior. Walls are R13 with plywood or OSB. 4 windows, 1 insulated man-door, and two 10x11 garage doors. Right now I have an ~8K...

A couple of years ago I built a 24x32 detached garage in north Jersey. Half is 12’ flat ceiling, half is 14’ cathedral ceiling. Entire ceiling is R30 with a metal interior. Walls are R13. 4 window, 1 insulated man-door, and two 10x11 garage doors. Right now I have an ~8K BTU window AC that...

This is pretty eye opening, since I am in a similar situation (not looking to hijack the thread). I have a 24x32x12 detached, insulated, and was looking at 60-75K heaters, like the brands mentioned here, and planning to run an LP tank outside the garage, rather than run NG from the house to the...

Those controllers have had problems. Do some searches up here. Reason I stayed away from the 8500. Something about failing capacitors and the units short out when they fail and open the garage. Liftmaster is extending the warrantee on them...

So I was still contemplating what to do. I was very much considering cutting up a regular opener and converting to to jackshaft with a couple of sprockets and a chain. The big problem with this route was the lack of a disconnect. With a regular garage door opener the disconnect is on the...

Here is a shot of the loft.

I have 12' walls and just inherited a ton of tools from my friends father who passed and suddenly I was in need of a lot more space. I was considering doing some tall shelving too, but after sizing things up I went a different way. I built a small loft. Just 4x8, about 4' in height below and...

LB, Fantastic! Thanks so much for that. Looking around now I see a number of units that have the DIP switches to set the code. I'll be picking one up from Amazon (prime, free shipping). That's whats great about this forum. So many people willing to help you out. Thanks again.

Just getting back to looking at this. Mike, Thanks. Looking at the literature (at least what they show now), the max height is 10'. I sent an email to liftmaster asking them what they offer for an 11' door. Looking at gatehouses website I saw a similar thing, many units had rail options of...